Research Article
Mass Transfer and Intrinsic Light Variability in the Contact Binary MT Cas
Table 5
Several weak-contact binaries with secular period increasing.
| Star | Spectral | Period | q | | f | Ref. | | type | (day) | | ) | (%) | |
| 44i Boo | K2V | 0.26782 | 0.487 | | | | CW Cas | G8V | 0.31886 | 0.448 | | | | BE Cep | | 0.42439 | 0.427 | | | (4) | DD Com | | 0.26921 | 0.271 | | | (5) | AD Cnc | K0V | 0.28274 | 0.770 | | | (6) | XY Leo | K2V | 0.28410 | 0.610 | | | (7) | MT Cas | F8V | 0.31388 | | | | (8) |
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Note. aThe mass ratio is flipping, i.e., 1/2.365. References: [ 44]; [ 45]; [ 46]; (4) [ 47]; (5) [ 48]; (6) [ 49]; (7) [ 50]; (8) present paper. |